![]() The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. This cookie is used to make safe payment through PayPal. This cookie is provided by PayPal when a website is in association with PayPal payment function. PayPal sets this cookie to enable secure transactions through PayPal. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. You will need a Pinterest account, but they’re free and easy to set up. If you’d like to post your drawings, all you have to do is request an invitation to join the board. I’ll post my drawings on a special group board on Pinterest. The point is to get outside and draw, and however often you can, I hope you’ll join me. If you have more time, you can do more drawings.You can do fewer. I’m going to draw outside at least one day a week. The Autumn Plein Air Drawing Challenge is a motivational tool designed to get us outside and drawing with colored pencil each September. About the Autumn Plein Air Drawing Challenge I like a pre-cut mat because it’s a single tool that’s light-weight and very easy to use and carry. You can also isolate smaller subjects by framing them with your hands or by using mat corners or simply using two pencils to create a “corner”. 4×6 or even 3×5 would be good sizes for isolating single subjects in a scene that’s this close. If you’re thinking about drawing something close, consider using a smaller view finder. This view finder works better in the wide open spaces. I repeated the process with the view finder held horizontally.Įven though I was using a small view finder (5×7), it was a bit too large to really isolate a single subject at such a close distance. Here’s one possible vertical composition. I held it at arm’s length and viewed different parts of the scene by panning to the right, then the left. A lot to draw.īecause this is a shady scene full of shadow and middle values, I used the white side of my view finder. A local historical location and a museum. Here’s how I use it to find good compositions in a world of possibilities. It’s easy to carry and use and is also a standard size that easily translates into larger sized drawings with the same proportions. For the sake of this post, I’m using a 5×7 mat. I have several empty mats I use in the drawing process: small, medium, and large. I carry a small pre-cut mat with a dark side and a light side. If your view finder is a phone or camera, you probably already know how to use it.īut there are other types of view finders. With a digital camera or even a phone, you can snap the wide view-as shown above-then take as many close up views as you like until you find the composition you like best. Maybe not the most interesting possible composition, but you can see how much less overwhelming it is. Enough to overwhelm a beginning plein air artist like me. A very small portion.Īnd yet there’s a lot of information here. It captures a small portion of that panoramic landscape. This particular photo was taken in October and everything about it calls to be drawn. Viewing a 360-degree landscape through the lens of a camera is a great way to find a good composition. Here’s a reference photo taken with my digital camera at a normal setting. A skiff of snow on brown hills, yet it called to me as no other landscape ever had. The first time I ever saw this country, it was a bitter cold day in December. Here’s one of my favorite views of the Flint Hills of Kansas. Everywhere you look, there’s something to draw or paint. When you’re working outside, the whole world is at your feet. Quite simply, you need a view finder of some kind to focus your eye and attention. Today, I’d like to talk a little bit more about that and share some tips for using one. ![]() One of the items I mentioned was something called a view finder. If you missed it or would like a review, you can read the post here. In the previous post, I listed a few of the basic items necessary for a good plein air drawing field kit.
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